The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

Chapter 148

---- VALERIA "There was a legend that an unparalleled power was hidden there.

However, the fools who ventured into the lake never returned." Aterrifying, haunted place with certain deaththat's exactly our destination, no doubt about it.

So we gathered our few belongings and headed toward the Lake of the Dead, praying not to be the next ones on the list.

"Guys, you're always by my side," I took Celine's hand, and Quinn nodded beside her.

We all made our way through the wild forest at night, pushing forward without stopping, through bushes filled with sharp branches under the thick canopy of trees that blocked the moonlight above our heads.

As we approached the lake, the humidity and cold in the air intensified, and another unsettling detail sent shivers down even the bravest among usthere was no sound.

Not the hiss of nocturnal animals, the flutter of owl wings, not even a single firefly floating in the air.

Nothing.

felt as if life had been sucked out of

a thick mist hovered over the water and stretched to the

into the distance, only a dark fog covered

test the water," the King

to act

man replied, leaning over the shore but not daring to touch the

behind him and mercilessly kicked him in

warrior fell face-first into the water,

a few seconds, he got up, completely soaked but still

it seems

Valeria, take the artifact and lead the

go first," he said, opening the box for

out the guide that would take us

in the air, transforming into a silver

look for a boat?" I asked